Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K Show less
written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi the son of Gaphiphus ; rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ; and thence faithfully done... Show morewritten originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi the son of Gaphiphus ; rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ; and thence faithfully done into English by J. Davies. Main Heritage Shelves General DT83.A2 M87 1672 Book Item-ID: i10198167 BIB-ID: 1021452 Show less
tr. sur la version persane d'Abou-Ali Mohammed Belami, fils de Mohammed, fils d'Abd-Allah, d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du roi, par... Show moretr. sur la version persane d'Abou-Ali Mohammed Belami, fils de Mohammed, fils d'Abd-Allah, d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du roi, par Louis Dubeux. No more published. Main Heritage Shelves General D17 .T214 1836 Book Item-ID: i10072421 BIB-ID: 1008878 Includes bibliographical references. In French with quotations from the Persian text. Show less
written in French by Leuuis de Mayerne Turquet, vnto the yeare 1583 ; translated into English, and continued vnto these times by Eduuard Grimeston,... Show morewritten in French by Leuuis de Mayerne Turquet, vnto the yeare 1583 ; translated into English, and continued vnto these times by Eduuard Grimeston, esquire. Errors in paging: 476-477, 872-971 repeated. Signatures: A⁴ B-6K⁶ 6L⁸. Includes index. LC copy has a slip bound in, with the inscription: William Orde, 1653; additional inscription on t.p.: Southey. First blank leaf wanting. Main Heritage Shelves General DP65 .M47 1612 Book Item-ID: i15863086 BIB-ID: 1021731 Show less
Vol. I, Summary history of the Moors of Spain Now first translated from the French of M. Florian. In three volumes Main Heritage Shelves General PQ1983... Show moreVol. I, Summary history of the Moors of Spain Now first translated from the French of M. Florian. In three volumes Main Heritage Shelves General PQ1983.F6 G66 1793 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i20236165 BIB-ID: 1011396 Translation of: Gonzalve de Cordoue, ou, Grenade reconquise. Show less
Vol. I, Summary history of the Moors of Spain Now first translated from the French of M. Florian. In three volumes Translation of: Gonzalve de Cordoue... Show moreVol. I, Summary history of the Moors of Spain Now first translated from the French of M. Florian. In three volumes Translation of: Gonzalve de Cordoue, ou, Grenade reconquise. Show less